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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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